Photo shoot.

Photo shoot
I have started doing a photo shoot in an attempt to capture the feel of my artist's profile. i have taken a few photo's so far and will be uploading them soon. I am doing another shoot soon as i am not completely happy with all of them. I may chose some of the pictures from my shoot for use in my digi-pack. my concept is to capture the indie folk essence in my photo shoot while using the lyrics in the song david to help me decide on the persona that I would like to portray in both the video and my photo shoot.

I have been experimenting with lighting as I wanted to show my artist in this style with half his face bathed in light while the other half in shadow. This was to show the nature of my artist as a way of showing he is not perfect, he has a dark nature. This matches the ideas behind my music video that are meant to portray his past, something he is not proud of and haunts him throughout his life. This is an idea that I have proposed to match the way I have perceived the song and the indie folk genre.

Out of 48 photos taken during two photo shoots I have chosen these two photo's. we used a continuous light also experimented with strobes connected to the camera as well however i discarded those photo's because I think these two are good for representing the image I want for my artist.

I also made sure the camera was at a head on level angle as a way of saying to the audience that he is equal to everyone. he is not a lesser nor higher being. A simple yet poetic way of saying we all make mistakes in our past we are human all we can do is counteract them attempting to better ourselves as a very emotionally driven species.

Creating an artist/Artist profile

Artist name: Lee Frank

Artist type: Solo (singer/guitarist) with occasional backing band.

Gender: Male

Age: 21

Genre: Indie Folk

Bio: Born in Godstone, Surrey. he lived in his families farmland up until he was 19 after the death of his father when he moved too London with his sister (18 at the time) playing his music in small venues with his sister as a backup vocalist whilst he worked part time at one of the pubs which he would play at often. then in june of 2012 he got signed to the independent record label 'Folkwit records' however his sister did not want to pursue this with him. Since the release of his first EP 'Fire' he has been growing into the indie scene and is becoming more popular within the industry. Now working on his upcoming Album 'David' (produced by 'Island Records').

editing started

I have now started the editing process of my film with the footage i have so far. i am still in need of much more footage.

I have a lot of footage that i am needing to re record due to a mise-en-scene error however his will not take to long. however have not yet edited it all together but i shall upload pictures soon of my progress.

filming in progress.

I have started to film my video.

I have started the filming process for my video such as establishing shots, shots of scenery etc. and will be uploading photos soon. I am shooting these shots for the time being while I sort out all of the props I will be using for the rest of the video and organise my other actors to film with me and so will probably film with them over the christmas holidays during my spare time.

i have now started to film and will begin editing soon on my film and once i am ready to start doing so i shall be uploading photos of my progress along with descriptions of what and why i am doing this.

 the opening shots of the film were filmed here with the equipment shown in these photo's with the help of these two my friends

almost ready to film

Almost ready to start filming process.

Actors.

I have gathered all my actors but may introduce new ones in time depending on the footage i get and if i decide i would rather change them for other scenes. as i have multiple ideas for a few shots in my video and will change accordingly to which i prefer. 

location.

i have my chosen locations and have been given verbal permission to film in these areas however in the locations i will still encounter other people walking through and so this will make my filming a bit more difficult but it is easily dealt with.

Props.

my props will be different items of clothing different colours and items of clothing that will be portrayed in the flashbacks of the video. e.g. Red for anger, green for envy, gold for greed etc. however i also still need to buy the masks and paint I need. I also have a guitar which would be needed for the performance based part of the video.

Equipment.

For my lighting equipment I am using A panel with LED Lights (on the right side of photo) and a camera ring light (on the left) for the lighting of my production. I am using these because i believe they will give a more professional feel and help me acquire the essence i want my video to give off.

Location and Chosen actors

Extreme Long shot of chosen Location

shots from inside location

 I have chosen this location because I wanted my location to be a representation of my character mind and how wild his mind and own emotions can be. and as another metaphor for how lost the character feels within his fame he cannot cope and in his mind he is still isolated from everyone except himself. This shows how unstable his mind can be creating these different versions of this character i wish to put into my video to represent different mistakes he has made over his life by letting these emotions run free.

Main actor 

Shaun Crowley - me

'ex' Melissa Templeman 

I have chosen these actors because i can trust them to do whatever i would ask them, would be free at around the same time as me and i believe they will be very reliable to be there when i need them.

story boarding for music video

I have completed most of my films story board and am almost ready to start making the production itself.

the characters i have shown in this story board are the main idea for my idea of these split personalities this character has created in his mind representing different emotions. i shall show the representations of these characters through different colours shown in things such as items of clothing for example, green for greed, red for anger etc. 

this is the start of the now finished romannce part of the story line which will not be shown in chronicle order but as flashbacks as one of the backing stories behind this character and why he is this 'lost'.

to do the effect of the same character to appear so many times in the frame i will need the use of after effects which i already have a bit of experience using however not to this extent and so i will need to get perfect spacing of the characters a great deal of patience.

this is just part of the flashbacks that i will be using in my video. The flashbacks are going to be used due to the whole basis for my video is the mistakes that this artist has made through his life due to these 'split personalities' that his mind has created.

i have now finished my storyboard and shall start filming soon.